Tennessee Volunteers

This much we know about Austin Nichols: He’s an accomplished power forward with exceptional taste in lawyers. Whether he takes his basketball talents to the University of Virginia is the prevailing question. That the Cavaliers on Tuesday became an option for Nichols speaks to the power of social media and a well-connected barrister. That Nichols’ former school, Memphis, attempted to block him from accepting an immediate scholarship from Virginia, among others, speaks to the pettiness that plagues recruiting and a NCAA rule book that too often restricts athletes. A Memphis native and consensus top-50 prospect out of Briarcrest Christian School, the 6-foot-9, 228-pound...

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Tevin Bailey
Westminster, high jump, senior
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Tennessee guard Jannah Tucker (New Town) is transferring to Villanova, according to a report by the Knoxville News Sentinel.The redshirt sophomore will join a Villanova team that reached the WNIT quarterfinals last season, but she will be forced to sit...

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Maryland cornerback D'Andre Payne is back home.
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